by admin | Aug 13, 2020 | Featured
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON – Workers at Columbia River Veterinary Specialists (CRVS) in Vancouver, Washington ratified their first union contract last night by an overwhelming margin of 53-1. Workers have been bargaining a contract with CRVS management for over a...
by admin | Aug 11, 2020 | Featured
ILWU Local 94 members will donate lunch Wednesday to 100 firefighters and volunteers testing Angelenos for COVID-19 at Dodger Stadium. Lunch will be provided from San Pedro Fish Market. The food donations are made possible thanks to generous donations from Local 94...
by admin | Aug 11, 2020 | Featured
Attacks on ILWU pensions, health care threaten America’s farmers and stability of industry, say sponsors of Grain Standards Reauthorization Act Two U.S. Senators directed harsh words at foreign-owned grain company officials during the AgricultureCommittee’s...
by admin | Aug 11, 2020 | Featured
The following history is based on a brief talk given by Harvey Schwartz at the Bloody Thursday Memorial presentations, Local 10, ILWU, San Francisco, July 5, 2019 Bloody Thursday—July 5, 1934—marked the turning point of the great West Coast maritime strike of 1934....
by admin | Aug 11, 2020 | Featured
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union joins millions of people across the country in mourning the death of Civil Rights icon and United States Congressman John Lewis. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, and all of those whose lives were...
by admin | Aug 11, 2020 | Featured
Picnics were canceled this July 5 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but ILWU members and pensioners along the West Coast organized socially-distanced Bloody Thursday remembrances to honor the sacrifices of workers killed during the 1934 West Coast strike that led to...
by admin | Aug 5, 2020 | Featured
August 5, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 5, 2020) – International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) workers on the West Coast of the United States and Canada grieve the tremendous losses that Beirut is suffering following an explosion of stored material at a port...
by admin | Jul 31, 2020 | Featured
SAN FRANCISCO – Workers at the City’s largest veterinary hospital, San Francisco Veterinary Specialists (SFVS), walked-off the job yesterday afternoon to protest federal labor law violations by their employer, VCA-Mars. Thursday’s “Unfair Labor Practices” strike...
by admin | Jul 29, 2020 | Featured
SAN FRANCISCO – Concerned pet owners, community groups and employees will rally in support of Katy Bradley, an outspoken union supporter and advocate for better patient care who was recently fired by SFVS-VCA, the region’s largest specialty animal hospital....
by admin | Jul 20, 2020 | Featured
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union joins millions of people across the country in mourning the death of Civil Rights icon and United States Congressman John Lewis. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, and all of those whose lives were...
